V10/man/man1/rcp.1

.TH RCP 1
.CT 1 comm_mach
.SH NAME
rcp \- remote file copy
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rcp
.I filename1 filename2
.PP
.B rcp
[
.B -r
]
.I filename ... directory
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Rcp
copies files across TCP/IP connections.
Each
.I filename
or
.I directory
argument is either a remote file name of the form:
.IP
.IB hostname : path
.LP
or a local file name (containing no
.L :
unless preceded by
.LR / ).
.PP
If a
.I filename
is not a full path name, it is interpreted relative to
your home directory on machine
.IR hostname .
A
.I path
on a remote host may be quoted to cause
metacharacters to be interpreted remotely.
.PP
Your current local user name
must exist on
.I hostname
and allow remote command execution by
.IR rsh ;
see
.IR con (1).
.PP
.I Rcp
handles third party copies, where neither source nor target files
are on the current machine.
Hostnames may also take the form
.IP
.IB username @ hostname : filename
.PP
to use
.I username
rather than your current local user name as the user name on
the remote host.
In this usage, 
.I hostname
may be a full internet domain name.
.PP
The option is
.TP
.B \-r
Copy each subtree rooted at
.IR filename ;
in this case the destination must be a directory.
.SH FILES
.TF .profile
.TP
.F .cshrc
.TP
.F .login
.TP
.F .profile
.PD
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR con (1),
.IR cu (1),
.IR push (1),
.IR uucp (1)
.SH BUGS
There is no check against copying a file onto itself.
.br
Certain cases where a file name is given when a directory
is required are not diagnosed.